Apparatus for cleaning, drying, and polishing the inking-rollers of printing-presses.



'No. 728,354. PATENTBD MAY 19, 1903.

' V.BAUER. APPARATUS FOR CLEANING, DRYING, AND POLISHING THE INKING ROLLERS 0P PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED 1101.30, 1900. N0 MODEL.

I I I anvenl'oz l vi human UNITED STATES Patented May 19, 1903.-

PATENT OFFICE.

VALENTIN BAUER, or HOOHST-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR CL EANING, DRYING, AND POLISHING THE INKING-ROLLERS 0F PRINTlNG-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 728,354, dated May 19, 1903. Application filed November 30,1900 Serial No. 38,224 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,VALENTIN-BAUER,manu- ,facturer, a subject ofthe King of Prussia,

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning, Drying, and Polishin g the Inking-Ro1lers of Printing-Presses,

of which the following is a full, clear, and ex-,

act description.

This apparatus is intended for removingthe in'k which-adheres to printing-press rollers and for drying and polishing them-afterward. The rollers are removed from their ordinary bearings and are placed in' bearings'which are specially provided for the purpose and attached to the printing-press in such a manner that theycan be easily detached from it.

Figure 1' in the accompanying drawings is a half side view of a part of the cleaningapparatns constructed according to this invention mounted on the frame of a printingpress; Fig. 2, an end view of this apparatus, 1 one of the bearings which serve for support:

ing the roller during the cleaning being f broken off. Fig. 3 is a side view-of one bearthe cleaning.

ing-support on which the roller-lies during The letter a indicates one side of the printing-press frame. On'each of the similar sides of the frame another frame is laid, which consists of the short pieces of wood (2 and the angle-iron a, laid transversely over the machine.; To the, two longitudinal pieces of wood b the vertical pieces (1, serving as a bearing, are fixed by means of a screw-clamp. The screw-clamps provided at each endof the frame engage with the machine-frame int'he manner shown in Fig. 1 and serve for eflecting'a securefixing of the bearing-frame to the machine.

' versely 'overthe machine, support a frame g,

the frame supporting a box is by means of trunnions 11, as seen in the drawings. In this box rubbers Z, made of some soft material The angle-irons 0, running trans such as leather, india-rubber, or the 1ikeare box To, from which it can be removed at iutervals by suitable means. i

What I claim, and desire'to secure by Let-1 ters Patent, is

1. The apparatus'for cleaning the inkingrollers of printingpresses, consisting of a frame in which the rollers are mounted for cleaning having a pair of guide-rails parallel with the roller while in a cleaning position, flexible yielding rubbers mounted in a tilting frame .and adapted to conform to the surface of the roller to be cleaned, a lever-frame in which the tilting frame is mounted by means of which the rubbers may be pressed up in cont-act with the roller, and a truck in which the lever-frame is mounted, running on the said guide-rails whereby the rubbers may be moved along the roller during the cleaning operation, as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the longitudinal support b; transverse guide-rails c; roller-bearings d; wheels f,'. carriage g, it, formed of atwo-armed leverframe mounted on the wheels f; box mounted by trunnions i on the arms h of the lever-frame, and flexible bladeslprojecting from the box It, in position toengage with the roller 0 and move longitudinally ,ou the surface of the same while the roller is rotated.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signae V ture in presence of two witnesses.

VALENTIN BAUER.

Witnesses: 7

J OHANN JAKOB HESELSCHWERDT, J EAN GRUND. r 

